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All the Alloy Castings

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A&B Die Casting

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Die casting professionals need access to a wide variety of casting materials in order to meet the varied needs of their customers. Patrons of die casting facilities could come to those companies with the need for light-weight materials, materials with RFI or EMI shielding qualities, materials that are highly ductile, materials that have high-strength to weight ratios and all kinds of other specific material quality requirements. In order to respond to the diverse needs of their customers, die casting service personnel need to Continue reading →

Why Magnesium Die Castings are Often Preferred

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Magnesium is an important casting material for a number of reasons. Magnesium, as a casting material, is characterized by a number of very favorable qualities. Magnesium is a comparatively low-density metal, which means that it can be used to create low-weight castings. Also, magnesium is resistant to corrosion, which means that castings made of magnesium alloys can sometimes be used in contexts where they will be exposed to Continue reading →

Die Casting Design is a Customer-Centric Process

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Prototyping is an important part of the die casting process, and the most successful die casting operations will combine state of the art equipment with highly knowledgeable and imaginative engineers. Die casting is, after all, a customer-centric metal forming process. If an engineer can’t help a customer realize his or her vision, then there is no point in trying to undertake a project. Die casting design is one of the essential parts Continue reading →

Zinc Die Castings’ Popularity

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Zinc is considered to be one of the most easily die cast metals. It is highly ductile, has high impact strength and minimizes die wear. For these and other reasons, zinc is a very popular die casting material. Understanding zinc’s popularity as a die casting material first requires an understanding of the die casting process. Let’s review that process quickly. Die casting is the process by which molten metals are forced into a die in order to give them shapes. Dies are specially-designed cavities that are designed to create specific metal products. The process begins when a metal is heated until it becomes molten. Then, depending on the die casting method, the Continue reading →

Understanding Hot Chamber Die Castings

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Die casting is an important and popular metalworking process, but it poses a few challenges to its users. Just so we’re all on the same page, let’s quickly review some of the basics of the process. Die casting is the process by which a shot of molten, non-ferrous metal is directed into a specially-designed die in order to give the metal a shape. This is accomplished by forcing the metal into the die with a piston, which also causes the molten material to become pressurized. This forces the metal to adhere closely to the contours of the die, ensuring the Continue reading →

Why Cold Chamber Die Casting is Necessary

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Professionals in the metalworking industry have found a lot of creative ways to take advantage of the metallurgical properties of the metals they work with. Today’s state of the art is the culmination of hundreds of years of studying the properties of metals and finding new and innovative ways to shape and form them into useful products. Die casting is one of the products of that process. Just as a recap, die casting is the process by which a shot of molten, nonferrous metal, such as zinc, copper, lead, aluminum or other metals, is inserted into a cavity. That molten metal is then forced into a specially-designed die by a piston that also causes the metal Continue reading →

Why Aluminum Casting is so Popular

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There are many reasons why die casting is the process that many professionals turn to when they require access to non-ferrous shaped metal parts. Die casting can be a high-output process that produces products with high-tensile strengths and exceptional dimensional accuracy. It can also be used to produce highly-specialized products in low volumes, though this can be much more expensive. Professionals make use of die casting for the creation of many different kinds of metal products. A few of the most popular die casting materials include Continue reading →

The Value of Metal Castings

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The casting industry is an essential component in the American industrial machine. There’s no denying the importance of casting to manufacturing, as an extensive variety of finished manufactured parts involve one or more die cast products. Casting is one of the most effective means by which metal products with complex profiles can be created. Just of few of the many possible die casting products include RF housings, bearing Continue reading →